| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Song of Israel to God | | By Judah Ha-Levi (Trans. Alice Lucas) |
| | | MY Love! hast Thou forgotten | |
| Thy rest | |
| Upon my breast? | |
| And wherefore hast Thou sold me | |
| To be enslaved for aye? | 5 |
| Have I not followed Thee upon the way | |
| Of olden time within a land not sown? | |
| Lo! Seir and Mount Paran—nor these alone | |
| Sinai and Sin—yea, these | |
| Be all my witnesses. | 10 |
| For Thee my love was ever, | |
| And mine | |
| Thy grace divine; | |
| And how hast Thou apportioned | |
| My glory away from me? | 15 |
| Thrust unto Seir, pursued, sent forth to flee | |
| Unto Kedar, nor suffered to abide; | |
| Within the Grecian fiery furnace tried; | |
| Afflicted, weighed with care, | |
| With Media’s yoke to bear;— | 20 |
| And is there any to redeem but Thee? | |
| Or other captive with such hope above? | |
| Thy strength, O Lord; grant of Thy strength to me! | |
| For I give Thee my love. | | | | |
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